Location: Forest Lawn Cemetery (1987) within Crockett city limits, approx. 1.5 miles N on US 287-SH 19. From courthouse, turn onto Patterson Ave. and drive to end of road. Entrance on right.(1998) from N 4th St in Crockett, turn W onto Patterson Ave, at end of street, turn R into cemetery(USGenWeb) In Crockett, take Hwy 287 to Patterson Ave. and drive to the end of the road. A Reference to Texas Cemetery Records, Kim Parsons, 1988; Houston County Cemeteries, Third Edition, Houston County Historical Commission, 1987; Supplement to Houston County Texas Cemeteries Third Edition, 1998; USGenWeb Archives; topo map. THC site visit 12-08-04: Crockett, Tx, access at intersection of Forest Lawn Lane and Patterson Rd, about 0.2 mile W of US 287. Large fenced site, sign on road. Rolling landscape adjacent to woodlands, rural, small town residential, creek, electrical high line, auto salvage yard (no buffer area, no screen fencing). Internal roadways. Formal site with considerable diversity of formal markers over time, including obelisks, slabs (tone and caste), carnes (masonry and riveted sheetmetal), homemade markers, local professional castings, croses, pipes, some dirt mounding. Grave marker trees and shrubs, Crape Myrtle, Cedar, Oaks, Pine, Rose and Irises. Approx 4.26 acres.GPS 31.19.49.0091N –95.28.11.76999WUSGS 3195-132Moderate risk endangerment, encroachment of auto salvage yard, woodlands, rural residentia and creek, but fenced, maintained, still in use, on map, in town.
To address the problem of cemetery destruction and to record as many cemeteries as possible, the
Texas Historical Commission offers the Historic Texas Cemetery designation.
The Historic
Texas Cemetery designation was developed in 1998 to help protect historic cemeteries by
recording cemetery boundaries in county deed records to alert present and future owners of land adjacent
to the cemetery of its existence. Every county in Texas has at least one cemetery designated as a Historic
Texas Cemetery through this program. The HTC designation is the first step toward preservation of a historic cemetery.
A cemetery is eligible for designation if it is at least 50 years old and is deemed worthy of recognition
for its historical associations. The very nature of a cemetery being a landmark of a family’s or community’s
presence is considered to validate the criteria of historical associations. Any individual, organization, or
agency may submit a request for designation.